Author: Charlie Bauder

Stephens County Special Olympic athletes bring home medals after the recent State Fall Games. This year’s State Fall Games for Special Olympics of Georgia took place this past Friday through Sunday in Gainesville. This year, Stephens County Special Olympics had seven bocce teams competing and three Equestrian competitors in the Horse Show event. All athletes representing Stephens County did so […]

A major donation will help more major work take place on the “Camp Toccoa at Currahee” project. That project seeks to preserve the site of World War II Camp Toccoa on Currahee Mountain and use it to honor and remember the paratroopers that trained there. At this month’s Currahee Military Weekend banquet, Rick and Letha Phillips donated $25,000 to the […]

Toccoa City Commissioners will consider an agreement to sell water to Banks County at their meeting later today. The city commission meets today at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. On the agenda for consideration by the commission is the consideration of a Banks County Water Sales Agreement. City commissioners first talked about a potential agreement with Banks County regarding […]

The Stephens County Indians are off to a winning start in region football play. Stephens County started its Region 8-AAAA schedule on a winning note by defeating St. Pius on the road Friday night, 27-13. Indians’ Head Coach Frank Barden said it was a great effort by the whole team. “I could not be more proud of these kids […]

Stephens County finishes second in the Region 8-AAAA softball tournament. On Thursday, the Lady Indians fell in the championship game to Jefferson by a score of 6-0. Mackenzie Rogers took the loss for Stephens County, pitching a complete game and allowing six runs on eight hits while striking out two. The Lady Indians got to the championship game by defeating […]

Stephens County High School wraps up its 2016 volleyball season. The Lady Indians ended the season on Thursday, losing two games in the region tournament. Seeded fifth, the Lady Indians lost their first match to Oconee County in straight sets, 15-25 and 10-25. Then, Stephens County played third seeded Jefferson in an elimination match-up. Again, the Lady Indians lost in […]

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A Franklin County jury finds a Canon man not guilty of Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree and Reckless Driving in 2015 deaths of two high school seniors. However, the jury did find 19-year old Samuel Parten guilty of Failure to Maintain Lane and Driving too Fast for Conditions. After a week long […]

For the 113th consecutive quarter, Oconee Federal Savings and Loan has earned a five-star Superior rating from a national bank rating firm. BauerFinancial recently announced it had given Oconee Federal the five-star rating. Also, BauerFinancial said that Oconee Federal Savings and Loan has earned a “Best of Bauer” designation because it has maintained that five-star rating for at least 25 […]

Drought conditions are worsening in Stephens County. According to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor, Stephens County has moved back into “severe drought” status. That is the third most severe level of drought on the Drought Monitor’s scale. Stephens County had left “severe drought” at the end of August and for the month of September had been listed […]

A course on animal cruelty and fighting investigations brings about a dozen law enforcement agencies to Stephens County. The Stephens County Marshal’s Office, Toccoa-Stephens County Animal Control Department, and Humane Society of the United States put on the course Wednesday at the Stephens County Senior Center in Toccoa. Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Director Jeff Roberts said the course covered a […]